Operating Systems You Can Run on Orange Pi Zero 3

2023-12-27

Today, we bring you a list of the best Linux distributions you can run on the Orange Pi Zero 3 perfectly.

It is a new board, so there are only few Linux distros are official supported.

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1. Official

1.1. Orange Pi OS(Arch)

Default login:
- Does not have a default orangepi user and password, impossible to log in remotely through the serial port and ssh
- Orange Pi OS need a HDMI output for the first boot

1.2. Ubuntu

Default login
- User: " root"; Password: " orangepi"
- User: " orangepi"; Password: " orangepi"

1.3. Debian

Default login
- User: " root"; Password: " orangepi"
- User: " orangepi"; Password: " orangepi"

1.4. Android

1.5. OpenWrt

Default login
- User: " root"; Password: ""

2. madebyme

2.1. Alpine

2.2. Void

I didn’t test it in GUI mode yet, maybe HDMI will not work.

Default login
- User: " root"; Password: " orangepi"
- User: " pico"; Password: " orangepi"
- root ssh is disabled by default, sudo & doas are properly configured

2.x. FreeBSD maybe?

3. 3rdparty

3.1. Armbian

First boot login
- User: " root"; Password: " 1234"

Build from the here
Download from here.

3.2. DietPi

First boot login
- User: " root"; Password: " dietpi"

Download from the author here

3.2. Kali Linux

Default login
- User: " kali"; Password: " kali"

Download from the author here

3.3. Raspberry Pi OS

Default login
- User: " opi"; Password: " opi"
- ssh is not enabled by default, HDMI output is needed

3.3.1. Config your Rasperry Pi OS by run this command

$ sudo raspi-config

3 Interface Options → I2 SSH

Enable SSH

6 Advanced Options → A1 Expand Filesystem

Expand your root partition

3.3.2. You’ll also need to change the language to English by run this command

$ sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Then edit /etc/default/locale

$ sudo nano /etc/default/locale